The Way to Keep Him (1760)

Author
Arthur Murphy
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
Associated work receipts The physical apparatus employed on and around the stage to support, enhance and sometimes substitute the performers' enactment of drama.
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
£22,033 3s 6d £4,415 11s 6d (20%) £17,617 12s (80%)
1732 - 1809
£22,033 3s 6d - (100%) £4,415 11s 6d (20%) £17,617 12s (80%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
161 35 126
1732 - 1809
161 35 126
Notes
Extended to 5 acts from 3 on 17610110, became MP
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
09 Feb 1760 Drury Lane The Desert Island, The Way to Keep Him No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Mar 1760 Drury Lane The Funeral, The Way to Keep Him Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Apr 1760 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Way to Keep Him No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 May 1760 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, Love a la Mode, The New Comic Dance, The Sailor's Song, The Cow Keepers Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Jan 1761 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Jan 1761 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Chaplet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Jan 1761 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Chaplet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Jan 1761 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Chaplet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Jan 1761 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, Harlequin's Invasion No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Jan 1761 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, Polly Honeycombe No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
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